Mary is going to a private school that costs $15,000 each year. Mary does not have to pay anything 1 she has a scholarship. Her parents are very poor. Her parents work as workers. Mary has to do well in her lessons every term to keep her scholarship. She pretends that she is 2 so she can have friends. Everyone at the school has nice cars and clothes. It can be hard for Mary to keep up with them. Mary’s friend Patricia was having a 3 for her 16 th birthday. It was going to be in the ballroom of a hotel. There was going to be hundreds of guests. Mary had to 4 a beautiful dress, but she knew she could not 5 it. “Mary, what are you going to wear?” Patricia asked. “I think I’ll wear the dress I wore at your birthday party last year,” she said. Patricia started laughing out loud. “You’re 6 , right?” Patricia said. It took Mary over two years to pay off the dress she bought last year. Now she had to get a 7 one. Everyone would be wearing dresses that 8 at least $100. Mary could only spend $30 on a dress. She went to a 9 selling old things. She looked around for hours trying to find something good. Mary finally came across a long, red dress. It originally sold for $300, but now 10 $ 20! What a good deal! Mary wore the dress at Patricia’s party and everyone complimented her.